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New Swing State Poll: PA Voters Evenly Divided, Presidential Election a Toss Up
Harrisburg, Pa., July 26, 2024—Public support for Donald Trump and Kamala Harris is evenly divided in Pennsylvania, according to a new statewide survey of Pennsylvania voters, with Harris leading Trump 47%…
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TV Ad Exposes Shapiro as “All Talk, No Results”
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Why is Gov. Shapiro Afraid of His Own Campaign Promises?
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President and CEO Charles Mitchell on Philadelphia’s Morning Answer with Chris Stigall
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New Higher Ed Proposals are More of the Same Failed Policies
Gubernatorial candidate Dan Onorato has proposed a series of higher education policies aimed at increasing the amount of college grads by 6% in 4 years and improving affordability. All…
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Talking Constitutional Convention
Tim Potts talks about a Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention with Ron Morris on Pittsburgh Business Radio.
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CF Around the Blogs
Here are some of the recent blogs mentioning or citing the Commonwealth Foundation: Students for Liberty comments on our back-and-forth with Gov. Rendell on education spending and performance and…
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Convention is overdue to remodel statehouse
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Pennsylvania Governor Candidates Speak at PASociety
If you didn’t make it to the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association event at PA Society this weekend, Matt Brouillette has a good summary of what the candidates for Pennsylvania governor,…
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We Don’t Need No Stinking Jobs
Don Boudreaux has an outstanding op-ed explaining the futility, and the misnomer, of “creating jobs” Jobs are not scarce. They never have been. They’re all around us. There…
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Higher Taxes and Tuition Coming for PA College Students
The Tribune Review reports Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is continuing to threaten a tax on tuition, attempting to use a jedi mind trick to persuade universities to cough up…
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Pennsylvania Pension Managers Note Looming Crisis
The Post-Gazette features an article on the upcoming cost increases to Pennsylvania school districts and the state for pensions in the Public School Employees Retirement System (PSERS). The article…
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The ABC’s of School Choice
The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, a renowned advocate for school choice programs, recently published their 2009-10 edition of “The ABC’s of School Choice” in which they highlight…
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Pa. gets low marks in economic competitive analysis
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Taxes driving people out of Pennsylvania
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Costing-Out the Price of Education
Testimony of Nathan A. Benefield, Director of Policy Research, Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives to the Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee December 8, 2009 Thank you, Sen. Piccola and…
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Project Labor Agreements
Testimony from the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives to the Pennsylvania House Republican Policy CommitteeDecember 09, 2009 We would like to thank the members of the House Republican…
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Legislators Wambling with PA Table Games
After reportedly taking “WAMs” out of the state budget, it appears Pennsylvania lawmakers are may create a new pot of funds for WAMs in the table games bill – i.e.
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Lot of Glitches in Stimulus 3.0
The Wall Street Journal has a good discussion of yet another stimulus – correctly identify it as Stimulus III (noting both the $787 billion stimulus from earlier this year,…
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Help Your Favorite Non-Profit Win $25,000 (wink, wink)
We at CF are fighting on behalf of all Pennsylvanians for a freer and more prosperous PA. Although it’s an uphill battle, we do believe that Pennsylvania’s best days are…
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Pennsylvania House Passes Spending Transparency
The Pennsylvania House today passed HB 1880, by a unanimous vote. The bill would create an online, searchable database of all state spending. We are told Gov. Rendell sent…
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